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‘Glorious day’: Philippines’ Leila de Lima acquitted in drug case

Leila de Lima waves to supporters as she leaves the court in suburban Manila [Ted Aljibe/AFP]

A court in the Philippines has dismissed one of two remaining drug charges against Leila de Lima, a former senator and outspoken critic of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte.

Leila de Lima was arrested in 2017 and accused of taking drug money just a few months after announcing a Senate investigation into Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs”, which rights groups say left thousands of mostly poor, young men dead.

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